Nippur or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates: The Narrative of the University of Pennsylvannia Expedition to Babylonia in the Years 1888-1890
by John Punnett Peters
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- acceptible/no dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
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About This Item
1897 two volume set as pictured. Ex-library with usual marks and stamps. Red cloth boards are faded, soiled and worn with fraying at upper and lower edges of spine. Cloth detaching inside front cover of volume 1. Corners bumped. Bindings are firm though volume 2 has several pages partially detached. Hinges are cracked. Gilt top edge of text block. Text appears clean and unmarked. Two maps in pocket at rear of volume 1. No dust jackets. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)
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Details
- Seller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 741
- Title
- Nippur or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates
- Author
- John Punnett Peters
- Format/Binding
- See book description
- Book Condition
- Used - acceptible
- Jacket Condition
- no dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G P Putnam's and Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Pages
- v1 375 v2 420
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Set, Middle East, Iraq, Archeology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; Middle East History; Iraq; Sets;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
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- Gilt
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- Text Block
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- Cracked
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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